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[Android Apps and Games] jholmes1:
Stock E-Mail Client

I was wondering if there was any chance we could get support for the stock e-mail client on the fascinate. My GMail works great but my exchange mail coming through the stock email client gets me nothing when I'm in silent/vibrate, and at best the "other" notifications icon when in full ring mode. Would be great to have a dedicated icon for the stock samsung email client.

Sorry if this has already been covered. I made it through about 20 pages and gave up
[Android Apps and Games] cacanariw:
samsung galaxy s:installed no led and worked good then just switch vodafone sim card with orange sim card and no led won't work anymore,reinstall no led check if appear in running services:yes,task manager:yes....,anyway doesn't work
[Android Apps and Games] ionutz6:
i would also appreciate this feature... thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
guys, u need to read the FAQ before posting these questions.

see second post in this thread.
[Android Apps and Games] greenpop:
Samsung Captivate

Awesome app, however having issues.

I install the app on my Samsung Captivate and then restart my phone after being instructed to do so by the settings dialog. The program works on first run; however after I unlock my phone the program stops showing me a display when it's time for it to notify me. What is weird is that when I unlock again the settings dialog is showing, even though I closed it beforehand. After this bug is fixed I will re-install.

In other words, the app stops working after I unlock to dismiss it for the first time. After that, all I get is the settings box when I unlock the phone to use/check messages.

Feel free to ask me a question to help in your development/fix.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
a couple of people reported that problem but we haven't figured out what is causing that exactly. I can't replicate it here, and it definitely works on the majority of the handsets out there, so it must be some app or custom app launcher settings that are messing with NoLED.

If you do solve it by changing your home screen launcher for example, or uninstalling some other task manager app. Please let me know.

Would be nice to see if NoLED works if you factory reset your phone and install only NoLED. Im pretty sure it isn't a problem with NoLED per se.
[Android Apps and Games] jholmes1:
Sorry, I read the FAQ before posting. I guess my question was more: is there any chance we could explore using root to get these notifications to work? I'm assuming using root would mean that the program would only work for people who are rooted meaning you would either exclude a lot of people, or would have develop two separate programs, one with the root feature and one without. If we really do have to wait for APIs to be released publicly thats fine, you just hinted that there might be another option to explore. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
Yea, there is definitely another route to explore. I located the database files that are needed for the "Email" app, and everything is there. Including your plain-text passwords :eek:

So while it may not be the safest thing to play around with, one can extract messages information from there using appropriate (root) permissions.

I think the same can be said about Google Voice, although I haven't looked into that thoroughly yet.

Maybe a good idea would be to have these options available only on rooted devices, and disable them for the majority of the devices out there. I don't even know if that is doable. It'll definitely need investing sometime into it. But if I see some interest from rooted folks, might as well work into it. I personally have no use for it, so please do speak up if you're interested in that. (a poll would be nice for that.. if only we can set that up somehow)
[Android Apps and Games] neferym:
Hello !

I'm on froyo.

When i use gtalk in my pc, noLed flash for MY notification.

In fact, I am notified of my messages.

It's normal ?

Thx a lot.

ps: sry for my bad english..
[Android Apps and Games] greenpop:
I am using Cognition 5.5 and only have Pandora installed; nothing else is changed, perhaps a Froyo issue?
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
Yea, its definitely a bug with the app. I usually don't use the desktop to chat so I don't encounter it much. I'll try to work around it in the next release. Thanks

It shouldn't be a Froyo issue. I had it working on my I9000 with Froyo previously and I know a couple of users that are using it on Froyo without an issue. has to be something else messing with it. make sure you're using some sort of default lock screen. that could be the issue here.
[Android Apps and Games] neferym:
Thx à lot!

Crazy app :) I will make a donation if it possible :)
[Android Apps and Games] greenpop:
Yes, default lock screen (stock, not the puzzle one). All I have installed is Pandora. Please check-out Cognition's page for my rom: ponack.net/designgears/index.html

I am running 5.5.
[Android Apps and Games] gaelynx:
Will the blinking feature be improved or removed in the next version? I didn't notice any major battery drain in normal usage, but I didn't try to leave my phone with a noled notification for a long time: In a normal usage if I see a notification I don't wait forever before dismissing it.

Blinking is nice to have but it's not quite right yet.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
I think I'm going to remove that in the next version. There doesn't seem to be a nice reasonable way to implement that.

I'm planning on adding a feature where if the notification is displayed while your phone is in ur pocket, it'll be dismissed automatically. That means you can also flip your phone upside down on the desk to dismiss each notification automatically as they come. This should come in handy when your phone is in your pockets all day long.

The check will happen about 5 seconds after the notification is displayed. I'm doing this because keeping the proximity sensor on continuously will surely drain the battery even further.
[Android Apps and Games] androidmonkey:
Can you make it so I can create a toggle shortcut? I use Tasker and it allows you to run task with certain actions. If the phone is face down, for instance, I can have my phone set to vibrate. I would like to do the same for NoLED. If my phone is facedown, i want NoLED to be disabled. Currently the only way I see to disable NoLED is pressing the widget icon.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
am not sure how that toggle shortcut works. Does my current widget shortcut work in Tasker ? or will I need to create a new shortcut in the app drawer to support that kind of action ?

I had a look at these plugins earlier, but it seemed that it was going to take longer than I initially thought, so I kind of dropped the idea.

anyways, here is 2.5b for those who want to test out the proximity sensor feature and some added bug fixes here and there. The bug where NoLED shows a notification even if you write a message in the desktop GTalk is also fixed.

You'll need to enable the proximity sensor from NoLED's settings.

Currently, after a notification is triggered, it waits for 5 seconds and checks whether the phone is in close proximity to an object. If it is, it dismisses the notification, if not, it keeps it. It should hardly drain any battery because I'm only checking the proximity sensor at that instance.
[Android Apps and Games] EarlZ:
Is the quick battery drain a froyo issue coz when i tried it after 2hrs the notification was running my battery was down by about 1/4th
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
I believe it is a Froyo issue. I seriously hope that Samsung fixes that in the official release. Check out the battery status in Settings > About and you'll see that your "Display" almost always consumes more than 90% of battery life even if phone was on for 4 hours and used screen only 10 minutes.
[Android Apps and Games] gaelynx:
When the phone is charging though it could use more power consuming effects/ features.
[Android Apps and Games] EarlZ:
What I mean by it is it because it incompatible with froyo in a way ?

Coz w/o NoLED i get 2-3days on my phone.. w/c is pretty fine with me.. If i use no LED then it drops ~25% per 2hrs if there is a notification left.
[Android Apps and Games] chattambulo:
Bug/incompatibiility

I've found noled today, great application!!!

I've found also (maybe) an incompatibility issue with Advanced Task Killer: autokill on (set to "safe"), autokill frequency set to "when screen off".

If I miss a call, noled works but is always active (no way to see the unlock screen). I have to power-off the phone and restart.

Phone: Galaxy S, firmware I9000XXJM2 (original android 2.1)

Noled: found on the market today, version "29" (correct???)

Thank for noled!
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
It is completely compatible with Froyo. Problem is with these releases of Froyo, not NoLED. Keep your screen on for 10 minutes on your phone without using NoLED and watch the battery go down.

enable "use back button" from noled's settings. then start dismissing all notifications using that key.
[Android Apps and Games] kyle katarn:
When my Samsung Galaxy S 9000B is connect with pc , I CANNOT unlock it after receiving a sms if Noled is enable . Otherwise, great and necessary app for my Samsung Galaxy S . Thank. Brazilian Samsung Galaxy S i9000B.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
enable "use back button" from NoLED's settings then use that.
[Android Apps and Games] ke.laguardia:
i was listening to music when i got a notification using noled. i noticed i wasnt able to lower the volume when the popup showed. its not a big deal but was wondering if this happens to everyone else.
[Android Apps and Games] EarlZ:
If im using 2.1 and NoLED is till lose 25% per 2hrs if the notification is active.. If i watch a 2hr HD Movie i lose 25% so no i dont believe that its a froyo issue rather its the battery drain on the application.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
well I don't, and I believe other guys confirmed that on this thread somewhere that the app uses less than 10% per hour. personally, its anywhere in between 3 to 7% here.

you must have other apps causing this massive 25% drainage if you're using eclair.
[Android Apps and Games] jrharvey:
I am still using NoLED 0.9 mostly because it works 100% of the time every time where is anything after that is spotty for me. Newest version works mayb 90% of the time while the other 10% it just doesnt show a notification. Anyways, not a huge deal because I like the simplicity of 0.9 but if I could switch the blue dot from the missed calls and the green dot from text I would be completely happy with this. Just wondering if maybe you could tell me how to modify the app to do this :)
[Android Apps and Games] EarlZ:
None, after removing your application my battery usage is reverted back to normal.3-7% per hour is still a big drain.. was thinking 2% max per hour.

Ill give it another try when the official 2.2 and your next update comes out.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
when u say it works 90% of the time. do you notice a pattern of what exactly doesn't get triggered ? is it the SMS/missed calls ? or is it one of the other ones?

if its only SMS/missed calls.. I believe I can make these two work more consistently (not depend on the background service)

as for modifying the colors, I don't think you can given the closed source nature of that app.
[Android Apps and Games] jrharvey:
Honestly no pattern at all. Just random times. Seems to always work for emails. SMS is the only time I notice it being flaky. Just using the stock vibrant sms app.
[Android Apps and Games] damirbusic:
I think I have better idea. I have seen how my fathers Nokia flashes white light in a specific timeframe, it flashes like thunder every 10 seconds when you have missed calls or unread sms. So it would be great when Galaxy could flash different colors when something is missed, it flashes like 1/100 of a second, I have seen it on Nokia 3110 Classic. I think that it doesnt eat a lot of battery.

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
I like that idea.. a lot !

I wonder if there is any video showing that in action ?

We'll just have to keep a wake lock for that period. plus, any ideas on how you'd make that flash multiple colors for notification about different events ?

we'll also need to think about the effects on pixel burning. Seems kind of scary to make all pixels turn on and off every 1/10 of the time.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
Thunder LED !

Here it is, a little test for the idea we discussed earlier.

I'm attaching 2.5.1b, which should give a white screen with notifications.

For this beta version

the screen is set to blink every 10 seconds.

sometimes the lower part of the screen is lit, some other times the upper part.

I am temporarily disabling icons/dots. Will put that back in and make Thunder LED optional when releasing it later on.

Unlock with power button option is gone. It is weighting heavily by tracking screen state, was not robust, and barely worked on my device.

feedback always appreciated.

Oh yea, with this version and the "thunder flash" feature, we should see improved battery life even on Froyo.
[Android Apps and Games] danero2005:
does this work now on SGS ? or it is just for phones with flash?
[Android Apps and Games] aerdman:
Sorry in advance if this post is repetitive.

I found that with version 2.1.2 of noLED installed, I have no conflicts running alongside Widget Locker on a Samsung Galaxy S. It doesn't require the workaround provided in the FAQ (point 3: retaining the system keyguard).

I prefer not to use 2.4 with the workaround because the reason I installed Widget Locker was to replace the system keyguard. Unfortunately, this also means I'm stuck at version 2.1.2 and miss out on all the new features.

I don't know all the details between 2.1.2 and 2.4, but I understand it has something to do with checking lock state vs "screen off" state (post #952). Would it be possible to have this check be configurable? This way, those of us with Widget Locker can choose to check the screen off state and see if it works on our device?
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
I don't think I can implement both with a switch. I sort of reworked the framework on version 2.3 to make it more consistent. I eventually found out that the source of all complaints (I was getting many more complaints than I do now) was the "screen off" state. it simply didn't want to work like it had to, and I was patching everything here and there to try to tackle the issue.

eventually I had to make a decision, and well, that decision was to drop support for screen off state and keep the code cleaner and more logical by tracking keyguard state instead.

sorry if I went too technical, I just had to explain the problem :)
[Android Apps and Games] An Droid:
This is similar to the app "Missed Message Flasher" that I had mentioned in this thread in an ealier post...

I had suggested to do something similar, but flashing the icons...adding the further option of using the proximity detector to see if the phone is in a pocket/case/turned upside down and enabling/disabling NoLed accordingly would really help with battery drain..
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
I never realized there were quite a few apps with the same purpose out there :)

This version I posted (2.5.1b) already has the proximity sensor feature. It will dismiss notifications if your phone was upside down or in your pockets.

Maybe instead of making the screen blink with white, we could make the icons blink.. I'll set the time to blink to custom, so users can feel free to play with that setting.

I'll write that up and publish 2.5.1 on the market
[Android Apps and Games] fioricet:
works great

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Tanis64:
Thanx for new version much appreciate this!
[Android Apps and Games] damirbusic:
Here it is, Nokia 3110 Classic:

View My Video
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
hey, thanks for taking the time to take a video of that.

the application currently does something similar to that, it shows the icons instead of the whole screen though. I think there is an app that already flash the lock screen like that in the market.

will it help to make the lock screen blink instead of the icons ? I don't know.
[Android Apps and Games] DarrenCarnall:
Maybe a choice would work best for people. So they could have either the dots, or the icons, or a full screen flash... or whatever else you can think of lol

I have a question though, I understand the principle behind the proximity sensor option, to save battery.... but I'm unsure how people are actually using this.

Part of the reason I love this app is that if the phone is in my pocket and i receive a call or text but miss it (maybe I'm driving, or have music playing loud, or am on a noise city street) ..then all I have to do is pull the phone half out of my pocket and I can see without pressing anything if I've missed something.

With the proximity sensor option on you wouldn't have any notifications on the screen then, as that right? Could people say when they find this useful? (because I love the tech thinking behind it and the implementation... just can't think how i'd use it) :D
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
For my use case, the phone is mostly on the table, by my work desk, or somewhere in the car where I can see it. When I go out on trips where I don't take my phone out very often, I'd like NoLED not to waste battery. That happened to me on a hiking trip where I couldn't hear any notifications and NoLED kept the screen on for, well, lets say "longer than I wanted".

What would be ideal, is for the proximity sensor to switch the screen off when in proximity, and then turn it on when its no longer in proximity. But I'm not sure how this will go on battery drainage, and so far, I couldn't find a way to make the proximity sensor work when the screen is off (haven't looked hard enough though).

But hey, its a start nevertheless.
[Android Apps and Games] kyeung:
"blink" feature issue with Adanced Task Killer?

I just tried the 2.5.2 and it works very well except for the blink feature when used with Advanced Task Killer. I had the Advanced Task Killer set to auto kill process when screen is off. When an email comes, I can see that notification icon starts to blink, but somehow the Advanced Task Killer kicks in within a few seconds to kill processes (not the NoLED process which I have set to exclude) with a pop-up message to show how many processes have been auto-killed. Once that happens, the icon stops blinking and remains lit all the time.

Again, this is no big deal at all but I'm reporting my experience in case you want to look into it. And thanks again for all your hard work in such a great tool :-)
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
new version

I just released v2.6 and put it on the market.

I discovered a hidden API to make the proximity sensor work to turn screen off when in proximity and then back on when your phone is no longer in proximity (a pain to find. had to dig through android's source code). With this feature, the app works similarly to the stock phone app. Hopefully this will save battery on our precious phones.

There were some compatibility issues with the "Blink" feature, so you'll have to select either/or. It won't work with both of them (if your screen blinks, you cannot use the proximity sensor feature).

About the autokiller thing. is there anyway you could exclude activities ? Its probably making an exception for the background service, and not the colorful activity with the icons/dots.
[Android Apps and Games] EarlZ:
Does the NoLED widget need to be on the home screen for this app to work properly ?
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
not really. its a good indicator though.

You'll need to reboot your phone once if you don't want the widget sitting around the home screen. (there is no other way to activate NoLED other than Widget or rebooting)
[Android Apps and Games] czater:
how much battery % is using per hour?
[Android Apps and Games] jraver:
Would it be possible to add the use power button to dismiss notifications back to the program?

I just tried out the new version and ended up going back to 2.4 so I could get this back.

Using blink like suggested in the release notes just did not work out the same.

Great program. I have been using it for a while and really like it.
[Android Apps and Games] DarrenCarnall:
You sir, are a legend!
[Android Apps and Games] DiST_EL:
Terrific app!! Thanks for that. i like the little logos :)
[Android Apps and Games] inakaboy:
Just saw the proximity sensor update -- bravo.

[edit - I requested duty cycling for the LED but thanks to derekmarch now I know it has already been implemented the Blink feature. :P ]

Ditto about not being able to get past the noled screen with the home key anymore (Captivate 2.1). No biggie for me though.
[Android Apps and Games] Frontier3:
I am using a 2.1 captivate... i have blink turned on and while it's blinking the home button almost never works now. I generally have to hit the power button once or twice to get back into the phone, seems like it might be a bug unless I'm doing something wrong. Have blink on set to 100ms and off set to 2 seconds right now.

Great work with the update though, I like the blink option.
[Android Apps and Games] over88mph:
Agreed.

Prefer to dismiss with the power button.

I would like to go back to being able to dismiss with the power button and also use in conjunction with the new proximity sensor feature that turns off the screen but does not dismiss the notification when the phone is in your pocket or in a drawer. Now that is not possible because I have to use blink to use the power button, if I am using blink the prox sensor feature is not available.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
This feature never worked without any lags for me. Sometimes it took 3 to 4 seconds for it to bring the lock screen back on ! That's why I removed it. It also checks constantly on preference settings to see whether you selected that option in "noled settings", therefore, causing more lags with our dreaded superfast I/O RFS filesystem on the SGS. (yea, thats sarcastic).

I guess I'll just add it back. But know that it won't work with blink, you'll have to disable that feature for the power button thing to work back. I'll work on it when I get sometime, (after the weekend most likely).

Because the american variants use a capacitive key button for "Home", it won't work with the "Blink" feature. What you can do, and what will work, is use the power button :)

you might wanna set your off time to something greater. The phone will turn on and display the "lock screen" when the notification is not showing. the smaller the "on time", the larger the "off time", the more likely you'll hit that "off interval" with the power button. Which is how the power button to unlock works.

Thanks for all that feedback guys ! it keeps this project going.

I've already discovered a bug with v2.4: Dismiss with proximity sensor doesn't work consistently with both "blink" and "non-blink". I already fixed that in my copy, and I'll upload that fix with the next release which will have "use power button" feature back.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
"use power button" is put back on in v2.6.1
[Android Apps and Games] :
2.6.1. broke program for me

Hi

I just updated through the market from 2.6 to 2.6.1. Most of the notifications are no longer working. I tried restarting the program, the entire phone and change settings back and forth but nothing helps. Am I the only one with this problem?

Btw, thanks dev for implementing the proximity sensor feature. It's really clever and I love it!

I'm using a I9000 on JM2

EDIT I stand corrected, the Gtalk notification is actually showing up, the Gmail and Missed Call icons still aren't. Yes the switches are all turned on and it used to work fine before the update.